View Full Version : BBC reporting a Helicopter crash near Tring
2Sticks
9th Sep 2015, 17:35
Herts Fire Control report a helicopter has crashed at Aldbury near Tring. Helicopter was reported as 'smoking' and power lines have been affected. One report says the pilot is unhurt - let's hope so, keeping everything crossed.
2Sticks
WASALOADIE
9th Sep 2015, 17:41
BBC reporting a Helicopter crash near Tring
No details as yet apart from that the pilot is OK
WASALOADIE
9th Sep 2015, 17:52
Mix 96 - News - Helicopter Crash Near Tring (http://www.mix96.co.uk/news/local/1726417/helicopter-crash-near-tring/)
maddmatt
10th Sep 2015, 07:10
BBC site: Pilot escapes Aldbury helicopter crash - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34206084)
FLY 7
10th Sep 2015, 07:54
Looks like an EN480 turbine. Hit cables on take off, but pilot ok.
nippy1975
10th Sep 2015, 19:39
Hertfordshire helicopter pilot escapes after crashing through power cables | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3229347/Miracle-escape-helicopter-pilot-crashes-power-cables-lands-upside-field-walks-away-minor-injuries.html)
Looks like G-IGHH
FLY 7
10th Sep 2015, 19:57
Very unfortunate. The power cables look like someone's washing line. I guess that's where 'wire cutters' would have been useful.
Could have been nasty, but Enstrom do claim that their cabin has an integral safety cell, and it seems to have withstood the accident well.